Surat Sukha

Surat Sukha
Personal information
Full name Surat Sukha
Date of birth (1982-07-27) July 27, 1982
Place of birth Sakon Nakhon, Thailand
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder / Defender
Club information
Current team
 Ubon UMT United
Number 15
Youth career
1997–2000 Assumption College Sriracha
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2009 Chonburi 167 (5)
2009–2011 Melbourne Victory 36 (0)
2011–2016 Buriram United 56 (0)
2017– Ubon UMT United 8 (0)
National team‡
2008–2013 Thailand 24 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 February 2012

Surat Sukha (Thai: สุรัตน์ สุขะ), born July 27, 1982), is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a Defensive midfielder for Thai League T1 club Ubon UMT United.

Personal life

Surat's twin older brother Suree is also a footballer and plays for Buriram United as a Defensive midfielder / Defender.

Club career

Chonburi

In Chonburi Surat played as a defender and as a midfielder. He helped his team win the 2007 Thailand Premier League.

Melbourne Victory

Thailand international recruited from Chonburi FC in Thailand. Surat Sukha joined Melbourne Victory following a successful stint with Chonburi, where he was part of the Thai club's AFC Champions League 2008 and AFC Cup 2009 campaigns. Sukha made his international debut for Thailand in 2008 and joined Melbourne Victory for two years in 2009.

Surat joined 2-time A-League champions, Melbourne Victory, for a transfer fee of ฿1.5million (A$57,700) on 14 May 2009 on a 2-year deal worth A$140,000[1][2] "I am very proud, happy and excited to be the first player (from south-east Asia) to play in the A-League." he said.[3]

He made his first appearance for his new club substituting in the 78th minute of the game on 15 August 2009[4] and made his first line-up at Melbourne Victory in a 1-0 win over North Queensland Fury on 20 August 2009.[5]

Melbourne Victory has secured Surat for an additional year after he extended his contract with the club until 2012.[6]

Buriram United

In July 2011 he was released by Melbourne, after the club had agreed to an unknown transfer fee for Thailand Premier League club Buriram PEA.[7] It was also claimed that Sukha's family was not happy living in Australia, and this influenced his decision to leave the Victory.[8] It was reported that he gets 300,000 baht per month at Buriram. Surat played for Buriram in the 2012 AFC Champions League. He also played in the 2013 AFC Champions League for Buriram. Surat won the 2013 Thai Premier League with his team.

International career

On the back of performing extremely well in the Thai Premier League with Chonburi, Surat was called up to the full national side in coach Peter Reid's first squad announcement, He was called up with 35 other players to the 2008 T&T Cup hosted by Vietnam.

Style of Play

He is a Defensive Midfielder who can also play as a Defender.

International

As of 27 March 2016[9]
National team YearAppsGoals
Thailand 2008 90
2009 50
2010 10
2011 60
2012 10
2013 20
Totall 240

Honours

Club

Chonburi
Buriram United

International

Thailand U-23
Thailand

References

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